So it's Aries season and the opposite sign to Aries is Libra, which means that this season's Full Moon was in Libra. Libra is all about balance in all areas of life - from work to romance, home to social. Everything needs to be in balance or it won't be able to progress, evolve and transform as naturally as it could. The Full Moon is all about intensifying what we want in a positive way as it shines the most light on the shadow world.
This was a really interesting little ritual/reading that allowed me to illuminate where I most needed balance in my life. It wasn't hosted by Emily at Wise Woman Witchery because Emily was away so instead it was hosted by Veronica Wade-Lewis, Emily's co-host of the Witch Next Door podcast. Veronica has led workshops at a couple of the virtual conferences and I always learn something new about the Craft from both Emily and Veronica.
So we took some time to ground and centre ourselves before asking two questions that would be directed to a tarot deck (I chose to use my Celtic Dragon Tarot deck for this). The questions and the tarot answers would then give a phrase or word to imbue a crystal with that could then be charged up with the Full Moon's energy to be kept wherever feels most appropriate for the intention.
The first question was: Where is the greatest imbalance in my life?
I got the 4 of Swords and I feel like this card is asking me which path I want to choose from the ones that are before me. This is interesting based on the New Moon in Aries ritual which was all about finding out what my next steps should be regarding a course-project I'm wanting to curate. But at the same time, I feel like this card is questioning whether I really need to be so protective of my project; do I really need to keep it hidden from the world until it's complete? Another message from this card is that I may not be asking for the right protection, help or support from others, so I'm not quite able to make the progress I'm desiring to see.
I also feel like this card is showing me that while I have made progress on my project, there is still more work that needs to be done.
The second question was: With this in mind, how can I bring this back into balance?
I got the 3 of Cups. When I pulled this card, I was immediately drawn to the three cups and the details on them, notably the three different triskeles that could be parts of a whole or completely individual ones. I felt like these cups were more parts of a whole because I felt like the message of this card is that I need to break things down so that I can understand the choices that are before me. Only then can I ask myself whether these individual parts fit together as a whole within my life. I feel like this card was also saying that I may have been approaching these individual parts from a "wrong" perspective and that I needed to change this before I could see just how these Cups fit together.
I feel like this card is also encouraging me to see the riches that my life has already been blessed with.
As much as I did a personal reading at the New Moon in Aries and received one card per part of the reading, it wasn't the case for this Full Moon in Libra. But I do feel like the three extra cards I received, which jumped out at the last question, are more actions that I can take or how bringing this area of my life back into balance will affect the rest of my life. My extra cards were: Death, Chains, and the 5 of Swords.
With Death, I feel like this will be a transformative time for me, and I'm already noticing a bit of a transformation in the two days since the ritual. I feel like this is the time when I can really harness the inspiration for my course and do the necessary work to get it ready for the world at large. I feel like this will be a very personal transformation as I step from the space I learned as a child to occupy into a more appropriate space and role for where I want to be. Leaving behind that childhood space won't be easy, but then again, transformations are generally rarely easy to complete.
I feel like this rebirth, this transformation will be surprising but rather quicker to occur than I might expect. Then again, it could take time for me to leave behind who and what I used to be to become a newer and improved version of myself.
With Chains, this is the equivalent of the Devil card but the message is the same: I need to break free from something in order to step from the shadows into the light. But I may not be alone, within this card, the dragon holds the chains and is in apparent control of the situation but I have a companion who has been placed at my back.
My hands are hidden so perhaps I need to do something unexpected in order to take control back from the dragon. Maybe it is I who needs to do something that even I am not expecting. Regardless of what needs to be done, it will be necessary to break free from the chains that have bound me until now.
Having sat with this card for some time, I feel like there may be a message that I am not as chained as I think - that while my hands cannot be seen, they may not be tied up and instead are unbound.
With the 5 of Swords, I feel like the message is that there will be plenty of challenges and battles that I will face but I can't focus on being the only person to offer this course to the world. Yes, I'd love for it to be different, original and not like anything else, but I have to remember that there are other resources available to me that others don't have. I can't allow myself to be distracted by what could be viewed as "minor" issues, so I need to focus on what I already have that I may have dropped without realising it still holds usefulness for me. There will be battles that stand between me and the door I want to go through, but I have to be tactical and smart if I truly want to move through it as quickly as possible. I will need to fight for what I'm passionate about and I hope that I am strong enough to be victorious.
I hope this inspires you to think about how you can bring balance into your life, not just over the next couple of weeks, but also over the next 6 months until the New Moon in Libra in October. Remember that as much as there is a four week lunar cycle, there is a yearly cycle between each New Moon, Full Moon and the next New Moon in each sign. So even if there are imbalances you can take action on quickly, you still have time to address other imbalances.
Peace and love to all!!!
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